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l APPLIOATIOI FILED LUG. 7, 1905 J. L. PHILLIPS. DOOR PASTBNBR.

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' J. nrmLLrrs; Doon FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7, 1905.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- I cio-declare the'following to b e a full', clear,yindexar/t .description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the ,art towliich it appertainst-o make and use the same.

` citizen of'thefUnited States, residin `ester, inthe county ot Monroeand New York, have invented certain newanda JOHN L .lPHiLLiPs or TENToFFioEJA ROCHESTER. New, YORK.

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No. si'ee To @ZZ whomft't 71cm/ concern.- Beit known that l, JoHN L.'P1IILLIPs, a

State of uselul Improvements in Door-'Fasten ers; and

My invention relates toimproveinents in fastening` devices for' doors ofallkinds, and

.particularly for doors of refrigerators and `re-4 frigorator andproduce railway-cars 4and roducecars nowv refrigeratoricars,' and thelike may and tightly closed, so as torcnderthem prac- The object of theinvention is to provide a siniple,. .comparatively inexpensive ,I andefficient' device of this'cheracter by means of whichtlie doors ofstationary refriverators, be' easily tically air-tight, Ship )ers usingrefrigerator i li`nd it diflicult'to close the oors'in such cars withthefastenings now their tightly-closed position-. This vnecessi-v in use, tlicy cannot apply force to the ldoors until they areabout one-halfofaninch'from tates tlie"po i'indiiig ofthe doors. with a Sledge it 4'With the present invention the-shape, andl several inches.- v The aboveai'ido'ther ob |ects,wli1ch'w1ll ap pear as the nature'o my'inven'tionls'ibetter or other heavy tool, so that they are soonsp and mutilated,and a considerable amountof tinieaiidlabor 1s .unnecessarily consumed.

'construction of the keepers, or of the lateral extensimrupon the.sliding bolts, enable me to'applv, by means of tlie'fa'stenings,considerable force to uiidestood,' are accomplished by means 'ofin''drewingsin wliichf-j the. construction illustratedi'n theaccompanyigui'e -1 with my improved fastening vdevice 'appliedthereto,xtlic device 'being shown in its open unfastened position. Fig.-2 is a Vertical secl tional view through the same, ,the parts beingiiil the position sh'own inFig. 1.

similar sectional view, showing thefastemng I device iii .its closedposition; Figs. l4 and 5 are perspective views of. the` two keepers.A

Fi 6 is 'a sectional view-similar to'F' 3' showin@ asliglitlyeniodii'icd and more simple" i I l'oi'iii"olitlieiiiventiou;and Fi` 7 isa detail A 'ltelieri'ingto the drawingsfby numeral, 1

Specification-of Letters Patent. i 'Application naciV August 7,1905.`semi No. 273.160.

U at Roch-r the doors when they. are open e perspective view' of a doorPatented March 20, 1906 4denotesniil door or doors, and 2 d'en0tesadoorfreni'e of areirigerator, refrigerator-car, rodimproved fasteningdevice 3 may be use As shown in Fig. 1, vthe device. 3 is mountednce-car, orany other object upon Whic i in upon one of two hinged doors,which closes the door-openinglin the4 frame 2 and consistsoftwoconnected slidable4 bolts 4. and 4f, .I

mounted uponone of the doorsgl, and two 'afne 2 above and belowthedoor-o ening.

keepers 5 and 6, which are mounted upon they The bolts 4 4', asshown,are in the orm of; i

metal bars, which have theirv outer' portions central point'between thepivote 8 y8 and the handle 11, 'which also forms alockinghasp forsecuring `the device in" its closed position. f 8o This is effected byforming the handle-or hasp 11 with a slot to receive an apertured ing13,

the aperture in which may. be. assed the bail f o a padlock or any othersuita lelockingde- .-I'- j I 85 vice., as will be reedl understood;

The outer ends 'ovided with wedge-sha elleejds-15,`vvhich` are'adapted'to enter the eepers 5 6 to force the door ordoors tightlytoa"closeel-p.osition and to retain them insiic'h position. These heads15. are, as shown, in the forni-of lateral exten- .sioli's, which arepreferably formed integrally 'the'.bolts 44 treillis-Y.

'provided upon the lowerjbolt 4,'a'nd`through .v

with the bolts or' barslft 4 and have their-.- outer orend facesbeveled.,- as shown atA '16... 4The heads or extensions 15ersconsiderablyl larger :than the 'widthor' thickness. of thenbolts 4 4,sothatawedgingaction is 0b;

tained which Willbefsuflicient to force the.

'door or doorsF tightly closed should they 'be aslightly sprung 'ing beVGIYluck: l f i The upper kee er 5, which. is clearly' shown in Fig'.` 4of the rawings, comprises a casing' or warped or should the'packadaptedto be secured -to the' frame 2b lscrews orthe like, which are passedthrong 1 apert'ured iia'n'ges' 18: Within the casing is an' upwardly andinwardly inclined guide or'guideigroove 19, in y antifrictio'n ball o'r4sph e 20. The inclination of the Guide 1.9 is about the same as that elthe beve ed face 6 of the leteralextension vghich is mounted .en e,

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'-17 of substantially'triangular.form, whiclfis-g- .i

- adapted to be engaged by seid fece or sur- 'faces 16 when the holt Li.is inoved upwardly to its closed position. the drawings.)

The lower keeper G (shown in Fig. 5 ol the drawin s) also comprises a4casing 21 of sub-- (Shown in Fig of wstentie ly .triangular form, whichis secured upon the lower portion of the freine 2 by screws o1 the likepassed through apertures in en attzichiiiig-flange ln the outer end l ofthe casing :Z1 is journsled, :is shown :it '23, an entihiction-rollerwhich coasts with the inclined face i6 of tl lateral extension of thebolt 4f'. i This roller 24 rotates :is the bolt 4 is moved downwardly toits closed position and reduces the friction between itA and its keeper6.

vWhile l preferably/'provide a keeper ol' the form shown in Fic. 5 atthe bottom of the door-freine and e 'eeper as sliown'in Fig. 4 at thetop of the seme, 'it will be understood that either of these keepers moybe used either at the top or et' the bottom of the frameand that anylother desired forni of .keeper may he employed in Fig. 6 of 'the i.rewings l employ keepers 5 6 of substantially triangular forni and fessten them to the top and bottoni of the doorreine f2 by screws or boltsor by any other preferred ineens..Y The keeper 25, clearly showny inFig. 7 ofthe drerings, has no entifrietion rollers or bells ibut is fidated to .have its inclined face 26 'eng-rigged by the inclined face ofthe cnlsrgenient of one of the sliding! bolts 4 fi. The engagement ofthese 'i inner portions produces the sinne result: :is it anantifriction roller or ball was used, lexcept that not quite; es muchforce is exerted to close the d o ors'. "ll'vlieii the trinngider-shepedkeepers (shown in Figs. 6 and 7 oi' the drewings) are usod,-thelnteriilextensious upon the l 'ends of the sliding bolts 4 may beomitted in order to eheepen the constructioii; but not Suite as goodresult would be obtained by so oing.

The construction, use, ond edvamtnves of the invention will be readilyunderstmidfroin the foren-eilig description, taken in connection witrtheaccompanying drawings. lt will be seen that owing to the provision ofthe large wedge-shaped extensions o1` heads 15 upon the. sliding bolt Llund also owing to the large size and peculiar shape of the keepers,which size sind shape permit them to be engaged by the sliding' bolts`vl 4 when the doors are open from two to four inches, the doors may beforced tightly into the door-openingr when the proper force is appliedto the levers 9. Hence no beating or pounding upon the doors,.witli itsaccompanying d ninege to them,

will be required in order to tightly close the Hoving thus described myinvention, what l claim ns new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent,is-

A fastening device of the el'nirnctei dcscribed conipiising hollowtriangular keepers secured et opposite points upon :i door-frame,entilrietion-rollers mounted to rotate in said keepers, s pair o'lioltsmounted to slide :ind engage seid' keepers, seid bolts nach havingo.laterally-extending :cdgeeslinpcd cnlnrge nient conformxiner in shapeto the intm'ior contour of the keepers, and a. lever coi'incctcd to theseid bolts for siinultnnci'insly extending thein, substantially itsdescribed.

ln testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hond in presence of twosubscribing witnessos.

JOHN L. lll'llililPS. lllitnesses:

RAYMoNn (l. lniiinrrs, E. M. Pionniers.`

